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hind wings. Female. — Antennas serrated ; the teeth alternately 

 short and very short. Abdomen extending to beyond three-fourths 

 of the breadth of the hind wings. Vitreous spot rather large in the 

 fore wings, small in the hind wings. 



3. Anther^ea Cytherea. 



Alee anticce margine exlerno parum emarginato, subcinerece, strigis 

 duabus albis, anteriore undata ; omnes ocello magno (in pos- 

 ticis majore) vitreo, parte vitrea in anticis magna ovali, in 

 posticis parva rotundata, iride flava annulo nigro alteroque 

 albo circumdata. 



Bombyx Cytherea, Fabr. Syst. Ent. 557, 5; Sp. Ins. ii. 168,8; 



Mant.Ins. ii. 108,7; Ent. Syst. Hi. 1,410,10. Oliv. Enc. 



Meth. Ins. v. 26, 8. 

 Phalaena-Bombyx Attacus Capensis, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. 24, pi. 



302, f. A. B. 74, pi. 325, f. G. (fcem.) Sulz. Hist. Ins. pi. 21, 



f. 1. Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2403, 462. 

 Echidna communiformis Cytherea, H'ubn. Samml. Exot. Schmett. i. 



Lep. iii. Bomb. i. Sphingoides, i. Echidnce B. Communi- 



formes, b. f. 3, 4. 

 Aglia Cytherea, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. (Phalcence Sphingoides 



Echidnce Lunatce), 152. 

 Saturnia Cytherea, Westw. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1849, 44, 8. 



" Palpi short, broad, not extending beyond the hairs of the 

 face. Male. — Antennae moderately broad, with 126 rays on each 

 side, affixed obliquely, the joints being very short, the ten terminal 

 joints very small, with only one ray on each side, gradually 

 diminishing in size. Fern.— Antennae slightly serrated, each joint 

 emitting two oblique serrations on each side, the basal pair being 

 the largest, the size of the serrations gradually diminishing to the 

 tip." — Westw. 



A very pale variety of the female of this species has unusually 

 small vitreous spots. 



a—g. Cape. From Mr. Milne's collection. 



A, i Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 



j — I. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 



m. West Africa. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



n. Zoolu Country. Presented by G. F. Angas, Esq. 



o. Cape ? From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



